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• August 30, 2013

  Director’s chair : “I don’t know why you say goodbye, I say hello.”

  By: Ken Ross

  
  Most of us know the first part of Alexander Graham Bell’s take on opportunity: “When one door closes, another one opens…” What we often don’t recall is the second half of that quote, where he says: “…but we so often look so long and regretfully upon the closed door, that we do not see the ones which open for us.”

  Content type(s): Blog posts
• July 30, 2013

  Remembering Alex Colville (1920-2013)

  By: Raewyn Passmore

  
  

  

  The Staff of the Currency Museum was saddened to learn of the passing of artist Alex Colville who died on 16 July at his home in Wolfville, Nova Scotia. He was 92. One of Canada’s most celebrated painters, Colville is not as well-known as a sculptor but if you look carefully through your pocket change you might just find an example of his work.

  Content type(s): Blog posts
• June 21, 2013

  Farewell to the Currency Museum c.1980

  By: Graham Iddon

  
  

  

  The roots of the Currency Museum go back to 1959 when the then Governor of the Bank of Canada, James Coyne, proposed the idea of establishing a currency collection that would reflect the colourful monetary history of Canada. By the time the go-ahead was given in 1963 by Coyne’s successor, Louis Rasminsky, the collection’s mandate had been expanded to include world monetary history, banking and production artifacts and a numismatic library.

  Content type(s): Blog posts